Foreman is not the only Western politician to make offensive remarks about Native Americans recently—Republican US Senate candidate Tim Sheehy admitted to doing the same, and his Democratic rival, incumbent Jon Tester, has made it a campaign issue.

A Republican Idaho state senator told a Native American candidate to "go back where you came from" during a bipartisan "meet your candidates" forum in the Kendrick yesterday. When an audience member asked Senator Dan Foreman if discrimination existed in Idaho,

Goodheart, a Democratic House candidate who is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, said that she thought racism and discrimination were real problems in Idaho.

An Idaho Republican state senator has been accused of making "hateful, racist" comments to a Democratic candidate for the state's House of Representatives.

This story was first published by Boise State Public Radio on Oct. 3, 2024. A bipartisan forum in a small Latah County community took a turn when Republican Senate incumbent Dan Foreman stormed out of the event,

A bipartisan forum in a small Latah County community took a turn when Republican Senate incumbent Dan Foreman stormed out of the event, following a racist outburst directed at a Native American candidate.

Far-right Idaho state Sen. Dan Foreman got into a heated argument with a Native American candidate during a forum this week that culminated with him shouting at her to "go back to where you came from,